Volume I: Isolation and Community
In loving memory of Veronica A.
Cover • For Contributors • For Readers • Volume I: Isolation and Community • Volume II: Belonging and Exile • Volume III: American Dream-American Nightmare • Contributors • Print version of introductory material
I’m alone in a crowd—e pluribus plures.
Far from a family I miss.
I’d almost say I’m lonely, but lonely
Is worse, I recall, than this.
--Geoffrey Brock, Bryant Park at Dusk
Authors whose works are discussed in this volume
Short fiction
- Ray Bradbury, "Night Call, Collect"
- Anton Chekov, "The Bet"
- Julio Cortázar, "The Southern Thruway"
- Ken Liu, "The Paper Menagerie"
- Carmen Maria Machado, "Dream House as Choose your Own Adventure"
- Oscar Wilde,
Long Fiction
Poetry
Short film
Textual Comparison